Every year I am adding to new features and articles to my College Football Preview and PhilSteele.com and for all 128 teams I have added a couple extra columns to the Game-by-Game Stats that you will find on for every team. A lot of people have been asking me what those columns stand for and I thought I would explain it further in today’s blog.

A couple years ago during the season I was wondering how certain offensive and defensive performances that a team had vs a particular opponent stacked up on how the other opponents fared against that team. Not every performance as far as yards gained and given up is created equal due to the quality of opponent played. So to the right of the net yards and points columns, you will see an offensive vs foe and defensive vs foe numbers. The first # is what that performance ranked compared to every other team their opponent allowed throughout the year (#1 being the best, with #12 being the worst since most teams play 12 games) while the second column contains the number of yards positive or negative against their opponent’s average.

I have broke down the offensive and defensive averages and in today’s blog I took all those averages (both offense and defense) and combined them to come up with the most impressive teams in the country compared to how they fared against their opponent. Here is a ranking of all 128 teams and how they did. This list does take out Garbage yards that may occur during overtime and/or blowout wins/losses. You you may see a difference in rankings from the Game by Game Stats listed on the actual Teams Pages. The team page game by game stats include garbage yards.

On October 21th I posted this blog with the Offensive and Defensive averages thru Week 7 (HERE) if you wanted to take a look and see the changes from last week to this week. Here is the updated list thru week 8 College Football Games.

Offensive

Defensive

Rank

Average

Rank

Average

Total

Rank

CLEMSON

7

149.5

4

160.4

310.0

1

BAYLOR

3

195.9

31

69.5

265.4

2

ALABAMA

33

58.0

2

170.6

228.6

3

OHIO ST

31

60.6

5

132.3

192.9

4

WEST VIRGINIA

18

99.4

15

91.1

190.5

5

MISSISSIPPI

12

114.9

30

70.8

185.7

6

BOISE ST

32

59.4

6

122.9

182.3

7

TCU

4

186.5

75

-4.4

182.1

8

MICHIGAN

76

-15.1

1

196.3

181.2

9

Appalachian St

29

61.7

8

117.4

179.0

10

NOTRE DAME

9

126.3

42

51.9

178.2

11

BOWLING GREEN

1

205.5

95

-32.1

173.5

12

OKLAHOMA

37

55.4

7

117.6

173.1

13

CINCINNATI

5

170.8

74

-4.4

166.4

14

NC State

44

41.8

9

114.1

155.8

15

LOUISVILLE

34

57.5

14

97.4

154.9

16

LSU

39

52.5

13

100.5

152.9

17

STANFORD

25

73.4

28

77.4

150.8

18

USC

10

122.3

60

27.0

149.3

19

WISCONSIN

49

35.7

11

106.0

141.7

20

UCLA

21

79.0

37

59.4

138.4

21

IOWA

41

47.0

25

82.8

129.8

22

HOUSTON

16

101.2

58

28.0

129.2

23

FLORIDA ST

28

62.4

36

60.8

123.2

24

MEMPHIS

8

143.3

89

-20.3

123.0

25

BYU

27

68.0

41

53.5

121.5

26

TEXAS TECH

2

200.1

118

-79.1

120.9

27

TENNESSEE

22

78.5

47

41.9

120.4

28

GEORGIA TECH

40

50.3

39

57.3

107.6

29

W KENTUCKY

11

116.5

79

-10.0

106.6

30

C MICHIGAN

60

14.5

18

89.8

104.3

31

MICHIGAN ST

57

20.8

24

83.0

103.7

32

GEORGIA

30

61.3

51

38.3

99.6

33

FLORIDA

77

-15.3

10

112.4

97.1

34

WASH ST

19

87.9

66

8.6

96.5

35

DUKE

51

31.5

34

64.2

95.6

36

ARKANSAS

65

4.9

19

89.6

94.5

37

LOUISIANA TECH

36

55.7

53

36.8

92.5

38

TEXAS A&M

47

37.6

40

54.7

92.3

39

N CAROLINA

17

99.9

82

-14.4

85.5

40

NEBRASKA

15

105.8

90

-20.4

85.4

41

ARIZONA ST

54

27.8

38

57.4

85.2

42

VANDERBILT

69

-5.9

17

89.9

83.9

43

AIR FORCE

46

39.3

49

40.9

80.2

44

OKLAHOMA ST

53

28.6

43

48.0

76.6

45

PITTSBURGH

74

-13.8

20

89.5

75.7

46

MISS ST

45

40.0

55

35.4

75.4

47

TOLEDO

50

35.0

54

36.1

71.1

48

BOSTON COLL

120

-93.4

3

164.0

70.6

49

UTAH

63

8.0

35

61.9

69.8

50

CALIFORNIA

13

114.3

106

-46.6

67.7

51

S MISS

23

76.0

78

-9.3

66.7

52

MIDDLE TENN

26

68.8

73

-2.6

66.2

53

ILLINOIS

58

20.1

48

41.1

61.2

54

IOWA ST

59

17.2

50

39.2

56.4

55

Georgia Southern

73

-13.5

32

69.3

55.8

56

MINNESOTA

93

-35.8

16

89.9

54.1

57

ARIZONA

14

106.7

112

-54.5

52.2

58

NORTHWESTERN

91

-33.4

22

84.5

51.1

59

VIRGINIA TECH

64

7.0

44

44.0

51.0

60

N ILLINOIS

48

36.2

63

14.2

50.4

61

WYOMING

67

3.2

46

42.7

46.0

62

SAN DIEGO ST

89

-30.5

29

76.2

45.7

63

TULSA

6

153.7

125

-112.6

41.0

64

W MICHIGAN

35

56.3

88

-19.0

37.4

65

PENN ST

105

-52.5

21

85.2

32.7

66

EAST CAROLINA

52

30.5

69

2.0

32.4

67

MIAMI FLA

42

44.9

86

-16.7

28.2

68

UTAH ST

68

-3.9

56

30.0

26.1

69

TEXAS

101

-43.6

33

68.0

24.5

70

NAVY

81

-20.2

52

37.5

17.3

71

TEMPLE

108

-68.0

23

84.2

16.2

72

OREGON

24

75.1

113

-59.7

15.4

73

VIRGINIA

78

-16.7

61

21.6

5.0

74

INDIANA

20

86.0

120

-82.7

3.3

75

AUBURN

70

-11.2

67

7.3

-4.0

76

WASHINGTON

117

-85.5

26

81.1

-4.3

77

COLORADO ST

43

42.6

107

-47.1

-4.5

78

SMU

71

-11.5

70

1.5

-10.0

79

UL LAFAYETTE

66

4.6

84

-15.3

-10.7

80

KENTUCKY

56

25.8

102

-40.1

-14.4

81

AKRON

122

-98.8

27

79.6

-19.2

82

MISSOURI

124

-122.0

12

102.6

-19.4

83

OHIO U

85

-23.9

71

0.4

-23.5

84

OREGON ST

96

-37.5

64

12.8

-24.6

85

S CAROLINA

61

11.7

101

-36.6

-25.0

86

ARKANSAS ST

98

-39.5

65

11.7

-27.9

87

WAKE FOREST

103

-48.2

62

17.9

-30.3

88

Mass

38

53.6

121

-86.9

-33.3

89

CONNECTICUT

86

-24.4

80

-10.2

-34.6

90

SAN JOSE ST

88

-29.4

77

-9.0

-38.3

91

BUFFALO

82

-21.5

87

-17.4

-38.9

92

SOUTH ALABAMA

75

-14.5

93

-26.8

-41.3

93

TROY ST

111

-77.1

57

29.4

-47.7

94

MARYLAND

79

-17.1

100

-36.6

-53.7

95

SOUTH FLORIDA

104

-48.9

76

-6.5

-55.4

96

PURDUE

95

-37.4

91

-22.8

-60.2

97

FLORIDA ATLANTIC

90

-32.0

94

-28.6

-60.6

98

KANSAS ST

121

-95.6

59

28.0

-67.6

99

UTSA

110

-74.0

68

4.6

-69.5

100

NEVADA

92

-35.1

99

-36.4

-71.5

101

ARMY

107

-57.9

85

-16.1

-74.0

102

Georgia St

87

-28.3

109

-50.0

-78.3

103

RICE

102

-44.7

96

-34.2

-78.9

104

MARSHALL

114

-82.2

72

-0.8

-83.0

105

UNLV

99

-40.9

105

-44.1

-85.0

106

COLORADO

100

-43.0

103

-42.7

-85.6

107

SYRACUSE

97

-37.7

108

-49.1

-86.8

108

Old Dominion

94

-36.7

111

-53.8

-90.5

109

BALL STATE

84

-23.8

115

-69.6

-93.5

110

HAWAII

116

-84.0

81

-14.3

-98.3

111

Charlotte

115

-83.8

83

-14.9

-98.7

112

KENT ST

127

-145.8

45

43.5

-102.3

113

MIAMI (OH)

109

-72.7

97

-35.0

-107.8

114

FLORIDA INT'L

118

-86.2

92

-25.5

-111.6

115

RUTGERS

83

-22.9

122

-90.0

-112.9

116

E MICHIGAN

55

26.5

127

-141.2

-114.8

117

TULANE

113

-80.7

98

-35.7

-116.4

118

Texas St

62

9.5

126

-137.7

-128.1

119

IDAHO

80

-18.0

124

-110.2

-128.2

120

NORTH TEXAS

106

-57.2

123

-93.9

-151.1

121

FRESNO ST

112

-78.8

119

-82.0

-160.8

122

NEW MEXICO

119

-91.2

116

-72.3

-163.5

123

UL MONROE

123

-120.8

104

-42.9

-163.8

124

NEW MEXICO ST

72

-11.9

128

-178.4

-190.3

125

UCF

128

-146.6

110

-52.4

-199.0

126

KANSAS

126

-141.6

114

-61.0

-202.6

127

UTEP

125

-128.2

117

-76.9

-205.0

128

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